Employment
170,029
Total employees (Census CBP)
Manufacturing ·NAICS 325412
NAICS 325412 · IRS SOI 2023 · Census CBP
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing - Industry Benchmarks
114 SBA loans on record, $169M in volume, for NAICS 325412.
- 1K
- Establishments
- 170K
- Workers employed
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $169M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Data updated July 2026
The verdict · NAICS 325412
New Jersey leads Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing activity nationally, across 1K establishments employing 170K workers. IRS SOI doesn't publish margin data at this NAICS level.
- 1K
- Business establishments (Census)
- 170K
- Workers employed (Census CBP)
- N/A
- Avg payroll / employee
- $169M
- SBA lending, FY20–26
Benchmarking Insights for Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing sits inside Manufacturing.
1,436 establishments employ 170,029 workers (118.4/location). New Jersey leads employment, followed by Texas and Utah.
Avg Payroll / Employee
N/A
Annual compensation
Establishments
1,436
Business locations
Release-over-release change
What changed from Census CBP 2022 to 2023
Employment increased by 4,941; establishment count decreased by 8. This comparison uses two published national Census County Business Patterns releases; suppressed fields are omitted rather than estimated.
Workforce scale
Financial Detail
- Avg Employees per Establishment
- 118.4
Top States by Employment
| State | Employment |
|---|---|
| New Jersey | 10,858 |
| Texas | 6,000 |
| Utah | 5,214 |
| Pennsylvania | 4,930 |
| Ohio | 4,548 |
| Wisconsin | 2,437 |
| Tennessee | 2,123 |
| Missouri | 1,688 |
| Virginia | 1,504 |
| Connecticut | 859 |
Showing top 10 of 45 states
SBA Lending Activity
SBA FY2020–2026SBA Loans Approved
114
Total Loan Volume
$169M
Avg Loan Size
$1479K
Jobs Supported
2,088
Program Breakdown
7(a) 97 (85%)
504 17 (15%)
Top SBA Lender
Newtek Bank, National Association
6 loans in this industry
New Business Share
17.5% of borrowers were new/startup businesses
Annual Lending Trend (7 yrs)
2020 15
2021 25
2022 13
2023 14
2024 17
2025 29
2026 1
Frequently Asked Questions
How many businesses are in Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing?
1,436 business establishments. Together they employ 170,029 workers.
What is the average payroll per employee in Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing?
Average payroll data for Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing is not available in the current Census CBP dataset.
Which states have the most Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing employment?
New Jersey leads with 10,858 workers. Texas (6,000) and Utah (5,214) round out the top three.
How much SBA lending does Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing receive?
Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing businesses received 114 SBA loans totaling $169 million between FY2020 and FY2026. The average loan size was $1479K. These loans supported 2,088 jobs at origination. Most lending (85%) came through the SBA 7(a) program.
Comparable industry benchmarks
These links are calculated from the current national dataset. They are comparison paths, not recommendations or evidence that businesses operate alike.
How this ranks: Its Census employment total exceeds 82% of that same 801-industry cohort. Calculated by ranking this industry's reported value against every other industry at the same NAICS digit-level, not the whole dataset: comparing a 6-digit detail industry to a 2-digit sector would mix incompatible scales.
Closest workforce scale
Same NAICS detail level, ordered by the smallest difference in reported Census employment.
- Tire Dealers 170,169
- Nonresidential Property Managers 170,788
- Other Computer Related Services 168,654
Benchmarking Pharmaceutical Preparation Manufacturing
- No margin data, check the parent industry. Browse Manufacturing
- 1,436 establishments, 170,029 workers. Payroll benchmarks
- 114 SBA loans on record. SBA lending rankings
Disclaimer: Public IRS/Census data, not financial or tax advice. See our full disclaimer.
Sources: IRS Statistics of Income (SOI) Business Tax Statistics · Census Bureau County Business Patterns 2023
NAICS 325412 · Data year: 2023
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, which released its 2023 County Business Patterns dataset in June 2025, PlainBizBench benchmarks 2,002 U.S. industries against Internal Revenue Service Statistics of Income data. See our methodology for the full compilation process.
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Source: U.S. Census Bureau, County Business Patterns / SUSB Industry employment scale, payroll, and firm-size benchmarks · 2023
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